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SULKY PLANTING PLOW.

Patented Dec. 20,1881.

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JOSEPH P. BLACK, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HAPGOOD PLOWCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SULKY PLANTING-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,089, dated December20, 1881.

Application filed July 11, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. BLACK, oft

Alton, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Snlky Planting-Flows, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings.

My invention will be understood by the following description and claims,referring to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspectiveof my improved sulky planting-plow; Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, detailviews, hereinafter to be described.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1 is shown an ordinary plow-sulky, the same as is used in anordinary sulky-plow, in which W is the axle, to which is pivoted thebail B, having one arm, I), connected by the link b to theoperating-lever O, as shown, and the sulky, being of well-knownconstruction, need not be further described. Connected to the bail B isshown a bent plow-beam, A, supportinga listing-plow, A, and carrying aseed-dropping attachment, A, and a planting attachment, A withcovering-blades A The seed-dropping attachment is operated by means ofdrive-chains or belt 0 from one of the wheel-hubs in the sulky, and thedrive-chain may operate directly from the wheel-hub or through anintermediate shaft, asis well known, and which I do not claim.

In Fig. 2 is shown the seed-cut-ofi' attachment, and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and6 are detail views of the same, in which a is the intermediate shaft,which is connected to the sulky by the brackets a and (L as shown inFig. 1. c is a pulley-wheel, attached rigidly to one end of the shaft a,and drive-chain 6, leading from a pulley on the sulky-wheel, imparting arevolving motion to the shalt a. The shaft a carries a clutch, d,rigidly attached thereto; and c is a pulley loose on the shaft, having ahub on one side fitting into the clutch d, and on the other sideextending with grooves h, as shown. The fork k is seated in the groovesh, and keeps the pulley c in position against the clutch d. One end partof the keeper guide 1% is attached to the beam A by a clasp,

as shown in the drawings, the other part form- (No model.)

ing a loop over the fork is, as shown, the loop extending above theplow-beam obliquely and in such a manner that when the plow-beam risesin being lifted from work the loop part of guide at will slide on thefork k, and, being set obliquely, will move the fork and pulley c awayfrom the clutch d, and vice versa. As the plow-beam is dropped thepulley 0 will be moved against the clutch. A drive-chain from pulley cimparts motion to the seeddropping attachments, as shown. In thusarranging all the seed dropping and planting attachments connected tothe beam of the listing-plow and combining the same with an ordinarysulky of a sulky-plow, I am enabled to produce a lighter and moreeasily-operated sulky planting-plow, and at less expense, than hajs'heretofore been accomplished, and have avoided the necessity and cost ofa separate sulky for both the ordinary plow and the planting-plow.

In operating my improved sulky plantingplow the operation is quite thesame as the ordinary sulky-plow. The plow-beam A is attached to the bailB, andthe lever 0 controls the plow in its up and down movements out ofand into the ground. The operator, sitting in the seat S, moves thelever O,which, lifting the bail B, raises the plow above the ground, andas the plow is lifted the pulley c is moved and parted from the clutchd, when the pulley stops revolving, and the seed-dropping is stoppedwhile the plow is being moved from place to place or turning at corners.By a reverse movement of the lever 0 the plow is dropped to the ground,the pulley is forced against the clutch d, and the seed-droppingmechanism is set at work, thus operating the plow, and the seedmechanism dropping into and out of work by the movement of the oneoperating-lever.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of planting attachments with asulky-plow.

Having thus set forth my invention, I claim- 1. In a sulkyplanting-plow, the combination of the listing-plow A and bent plow-beamA, the drill-tooth A and the dropping-box A, directly attached to thebeam A, the axle W, and the bailB, pivoted to the axle, and the lever 0,operating the said bail, all arranged substantially as specified, andfor the purpose set ment to operate the plow and stop or start theforth. seed-dropping devices, all arranged to operate 10 2. In a. sulkyplanting-plow, the eombinasubstantially as and for the purpose setforth. tion of the listing-plow A, the drill tooth A and thedropping-box A with the bent plow- JOSEPH BLACK beam A, substantially asshown, and with a Witnesses: sulky plow frame supported on wheels, andF. H. FERGUSON, with the lever 0, adapted in the same move- GEO. A.BLACK.

